Odisha to set up 20 hospitals on PPP mode

Bhubaneswar: In a bid to provide better healthcare facility, the Odisha Government today announced to establish 20 hospitals in the state on public-private partnership (PPP) mode under ‘Affordable Healthcare Project’.

The healthcare centres will open in hub & spoke model. While some hospitals will work as central/hub hospital, others will function as branch/spoke hospital, a release issued by Chief Minister’s office read.

As many as 11 districts, on the parameter of priority basis, have been involved in the scheme following the State Government’s Health Sector Investment Policy – 2016.

The total bed capacity at the initial stage would be around 27,000 that will fill up 56% of non-availability of hospital beds in the state.